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Singer, accused of murder and sexual abuse of teen Celeste Rivas Hernandez, to be represented by LA public defender
Singer D4vd lost his high-profile private lawyers on Monday at a hearing where he entered a new not guilty plea to charges that he killed, sexually abused and dismembered 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
It is not clear why Blair Berk and her colleagues Marilyn Bednarski and Regina Peter parted ways with the singer, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke. They were replaced by a lawyer from the Los Angeles county public defender’s office.
Continue reading...The Argentine’s career with Argentina was singular, and his exit is a reminder that all good things come to an end
It was among the defining moments of the 2026 World Cup: Lionel Messi standing arms akimbo, looking up towards Argentina’s fervent supporters after losing the final. Tears streamed down his face after his team’s embarrassing loss to Spain in what we now know was Messi’s final match wearing that famous Argentina kit.
It was not the first time he’d cried at the tournament. There had been tears of joy in Argentina’s opening match, when Messi rolled back the clock to his glory days with a trio of spectacular goals against Algeria. There had been more when his brace against Austria pushed Argentina through to the knockout round as group winners, and even more when his equalizer against Egypt threw la Albiceleste a much-needed lifeline. Later, the world found out that Messi had been struggling all the while with the health struggles of his father, Jorge, a fact that clearly weighed heavily on him as Argentina made a dramatic return to the final in a bid to defend their 2022 title.
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MapQuest's refusal to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America" has sent its app surging up the charts, making it the No. 1 navigation app in the U.S. and driving "hundreds of thousands" of new downloads. In contrast, Google Maps announced on Saturday that it was complying with the Trump administration's name change. TechCrunch reports: The "OG of online mapping," as the company calls itself, announced on Thursday that it would not change the name of Lake Ontario on its maps to Lake America, despite Trump's executive order directing the U.S. Department of the Interior to update the lake's name in the U.S. geographic naming service. As a result, MapQuest's mobile app downloads soared, sending the iOS app to the No. 4 position on the U.S. App Store's Top Charts for apps (not including games) as of Monday morning on the U.S. east coast.
MapQuest also reached the No. 8 position overall in the U.S. App Store across both apps and games, and it became the No. 1 Navigation app in the United States. In Canada's App Store, the app reached No. 2 overall as of Sunday evening. The 30-year-old company remarked that it received "hundreds of thousands" of new downloads since its decision to keep the name Lake Ontario in place, and saw its app's usage climb to 50 times above its normal levels. "We took the same approach we did with the Gulf of Mexico: be part of the conversation, and give people an app that keeps the names they're familiar with," said Doug Berger, general manager of MapQuest, in a statement. "Hundreds of thousands of people signaled to us this weekend that we got it right by downloading our app."
MapQuest also reached the No. 8 position overall in the U.S. App Store across both apps and games, and it became the No. 1 Navigation app in the United States. In Canada's App Store, the app reached No. 2 overall as of Sunday evening. The 30-year-old company remarked that it received "hundreds of thousands" of new downloads since its decision to keep the name Lake Ontario in place, and saw its app's usage climb to 50 times above its normal levels. "We took the same approach we did with the Gulf of Mexico: be part of the conversation, and give people an app that keeps the names they're familiar with," said Doug Berger, general manager of MapQuest, in a statement. "Hundreds of thousands of people signaled to us this weekend that we got it right by downloading our app."
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PARIJS (ANP/AFP) - De Franse oud-premier Édouard Balladur is op 97-jarige leeftijd overleden in Parijs. Dat meldt persbureau AFP op gezag van de familie.
Balladur werd geboren in het Turkse Izmir en begon na een studie rechten in Parijs zijn politieke carrière in 1964 als politiek adviseur van premier Georges Pompidou. Na diens benoeming tot president in 1969 vervulde Balladur meerdere rollen voor Pompidou en zijn kantoor. Later, in de jaren tachtig, was hij onder premier Jacques Chirac enkele jaren minister van Financiën. Uiteindelijk zou hij van 1993 tot 1995 zelf premier worden.
In zijn beleid gold hij als conservatief. De privatiseringen en verkleining van de overheid die Balladur voorstond waren dusdanig conservatief dat toenmalig president François Mitterrand publiekelijk afstand nam van enkele van zijn beleidsstandpunten, omdat deze volgens Mitterrand het sociale stelsel uitholden. Een gooi naar het presidentschap verloor hij in 1995.
Balladur wordt in besloten kring begraven.
De coalitie doet "een aantal forse handreikingen" aan de oppositie, zei premier Rob Jetten nadat de begroting is goedgekeurd door het kabinet. Hij denkt zo steun van rechts tot links te kunnen vergaren in de Tweede Kamer.
Gevraagd naar wat dat precies betekende, zei Jetten dat "wij onze coalitieplannen op een aantal thema's echt aanpassen om daarmee de hand te reiken naar anderen". Inhoudelijk zei de minister-president niet wat er de afgelopen dagen is veranderd aan de begroting.
Financiënminister Eelco Heinen (VVD) zei dat hij geprobeerd heeft een begroting te maken waar tien partijen in de Tweede Kamer onderdelen van zullen herkennen. "Dat is echt een heel grote uitdaging geweest." Wat het kabinet aan welke partij heeft gegund, zei hij niet.
Sceptisch
PRO-leider Jesse Klaver was sceptisch over deze aanpak. In het programma Eva uitte hij zijn zorgen dat het kabinet op deze manier geen keuzes maakt. Dat er nog verder onderhandeld wordt, stemt ook andere oppositiepartijen ongerust. "De Troonrede lijkt hiermee al op voorhand achterhaald", schreef SGP-leider Chris Stoffer op X.
De onderhandelingen duurden een stuk langer dan vooraf gedacht, maar volgens Jetten "mag het af en toe ook schuren". Volgens hem is een kabinetsval niet ter sprake gekomen.
De Amerikaanse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Marco Rubio kondigde vorige maand een campagne aan om het Internationaal Strafhof „steen voor steen” af te breken. De tijd van „stille diplomatie” is daarmee voorbij, aldus Henk Naves.
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Amerikaans kapitaal pikt interessante trends veel sneller op, constateert DuckLabs-topman Hannes Mühleisen. Techreus Amazon kocht de Amsterdamse start-up deze week. „Europeanen denken: dit is nog niet door iedereen gebruikt, dus het zal wel niet goed zijn. Amerikanen denken: iets nieuws, dat kan me geld opleveren.”
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Nog maar een Nederlandstalig liedje doen? Een mooi liedje van Roosbeef, deze keer.
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Roger Pluijm uit Schiedam is al zijn hele leven fan van The Sound of Music. Hij verzamelde tienduizenden items die met de filmklassieker uit 1965 te maken hebben. Een vrachtwagen vol is nu in Oostenrijk, want in Salzburg opent volgende maand een tijdelijk Sound of Music-museum, met vooral spullen van Roger. “Er is zelfs een Roger Pluijm-zaal."
Ayase Ueda heeft zijn gewenste transfer afgerond. De Japanse spits vertrekt naar het Franse Lille. Feyenoord heeft het vertrek van de Japanner bevestigd.
Paleoanthropologist John Hawks blogged (August 25) about new genome studies of diverse worldwide populations suggesting most of our ancestry comes from an intermixture far predating that with Neanderthals or Denisovans. 20% of worldwide ancestry goes back 1.5 million years to a group that then split off and experienced a bottleneck but rose again to become 80% of our ancestry. In the meantime it gave Neanderthals and Denisovans as offshoots. The identity of the two main populations is only speculated.
But the 20% may have boosted human brains, said this earlier report of a Nature Genetics research paper (March 2025). From what I understand, this passage suggests specific neural benefits of genes from the 20% population:
But the 20% may have boosted human brains, said this earlier report of a Nature Genetics research paper (March 2025). From what I understand, this passage suggests specific neural benefits of genes from the 20% population:
[Methodically selected genes] showed an 11.6-fold enrichment for genes associated with neuron cell–cell adhesion, 8.5-fold enrichment for startle response, 6.2-fold enrichment for neuron recognition, 3.7-fold enrichment for neurotransmitter transport, 2.5-fold enrichment for chemical synaptic transmissionthough perhaps some drawbacks for immunity.
dumpsterdiversanonymous has added a photo to the pool:
Kitchen counter printing with soft rubber sandwich block ( white surface turquoise core ) , speedball water based relief inks, home made baren, and modified kento plywood jig.
